Don’t create things to make money； make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.
A balcony or porch needs to be at least 6 feet (2m) deep or it won’t be used.
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can， work where there are no words for what you do.
Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it.
Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
If something fails where you thought it would fail， that is not a failure.
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme， it’s a pyramid scheme.
Jesus， Superman， and Mother Teresa never made art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken.
It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
Recipe for success: under-promise and over-deliver.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. At your funeral people will not recall what you did； they will only remember how you made them feel.
If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip， do yourself a huge favor and make two trips.
That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult — if you don’t lose it.
The universe is conspiring behind your back to make you a success. This will be much easier to do if you embrace this pronoia.
I’m positive that in 100 years much of what I take to be true today will be proved to be wrong， maybe even embarrassingly wrong， and I try really hard to identify what it is that I am wrong about today.
Following your bliss is a recipe for paralysis if you don’t know what you are passionate about. A better motto for most youth is “master something， anything”. Through mastery of one thing， you can drift towards extensions of that mastery that bring you more joy， and eventually discover where your bliss is.
Learn how to take a 20-minute power nap without embarrassment.
Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade the ones you use a lot. If you wind up using some tool for a job， buy the very best you can afford.
A vacation + a disaster = an adventure.